Read full poem →Ye, too, marvellous Twain, that erect on the Monte Cavallo
Stand by your rearing steeds in the grace of your motionless movement,
Stand with your upstretched arms and tranquil regardant faces,
Dictionary Entry
To wait in expectation of some event; to make ready.
In a Sentence
“Please stand by for more instructions.”
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Poetry examples for “stand by”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →She has taken her stand by her rival’s side,
“Lord Thomas, you have heard,
Read full poem →“Unless we stand by all our Allies who have
stood by us, we shall have failed in making
Read full poem →And Gordon, the battle to win;
Like brothers they’ll stand by each other,
Sae knit in alliance and kin.
Read full poem →That when he is old his ready companions
Will remain with him still, his people stand by him
When war returns; a man shall flourish